DECISION ON CONFIDENTIAL WITH AN EXPARTE ANNEXURE
PROSECUTIONíS MOTION FOR VIDEO-CONFERENCE LINK AND PROTECTIVE MEASURES FOR WITNESS
NAMED HEREIN

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The Office of the Prosecutor

Mr. Geoffrey Nice

The Accused

Slobodan Milosevic

Amicus Curiae

Mr. Steven KayMr. Branislav TapuskovicMr. Timothy McCormack

THIS TRIAL CHAMBER of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution
of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian
Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 ("the
International Tribunal"),

BEING SEISED of a Confidential with an exparte
Annexure Prosecutionís Motion for Video-conference Link and Protective Measures
for Witness Named Herein ("Motion"), filed by the Office of the Prosecutor
("Prosecution") on 13 March 2003, seeking permission to call a witness
via video-conference and under protective measures,

NOTING that the security reasons which prevent the witness
from obtaining his/her passport, constitute exceptional circumstances, since
security concerns can usually be met by protective measures,

CONSIDERING that the protective measures sought in respect
of the witness to be called are reasonable and should be granted,

CONSIDERING that the Trial Chamber is satisfied that
it is in the interests of justice to permit the Prosecution to call the witness
via video-conference link,

PURSUANT TO Rules 69, 71bis and 75 of the Rules
of Procedure and Evidence,

HEREBY GRANTS the Motion and ORDERS as follows:

The testimony of the witness shall be given by means of facial distortion,
voice distortion and continued use of pseudonym via video-conference link;1

The public and the media may not photograph, video-record or sketch the
protected witness while they are on the premises of the International Tribunal;

All hearings to consider the issue of protective measures for the protected
witness shall be held in closed session and only released to the public and
to the media after review by the Prosecution, in consultation with the Victims
and Witnesses Section;

All material pertaining to the protected witness shall be returned to the
Registry following the close of this proceeding;

All provisions of this Decision shall apply equally to the amici curiae;

The name and other identifying data of the protected witness, including
his or her whereabouts, shall not be disclosed to the public;

The name, address, whereabouts of and identifying data concerning the protected
witness shall be sealed and not included in any public records of the International
Tribunal;

To the extent that the name, address, whereabouts or other identifying data
concerning the protected witness are contained in existing public documents
of the International Tribunal, that information shall be expunged from those
documents; and

Documents of the International Tribunal identifying the protected witness
shall not be disclosed to the public or the media.

For the purpose of this decision, "the public" means
and includes all persons, governments, organisations, entities, clients, associations
and groups, other than the Judges of the International Tribunal, the staff of
the Registry, the Prosecutor, and the accused and the amici curiae. "The
public" also includes, without limitation, families, friends, and associates
of the accused; the accused and defence counsel in other cases or proceedings
before the International Tribunal; the media; and journalists.

Done in English and French, the English text being authoritative.

___________________________
Richard May
Presiding

Dated this nineteenth day of March 2003

At The Hague
The Netherlands

[Seal of the Tribunal]

align1 - Witness B-104, as provided to the Chamber
by the Prosecution on 17 March 2003.